La Flèche Wallonne 2018: Riders

As always the start list of La Flèche Wallonne is teeming with strong punchers. But is any of them able to deny Alejandro Valverde his fifth win in a row? Cyclingstage.com brings you the line-up at the 2018 Fleche Wallonne.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Alexis Vuillermoz, Romain Bardet, Jan Bakelants, Benoit Cosnefroy, Axel Domont, Mathias Frank, Ben Gastauer

Astana Pro Team
Jakob Fuglsang, Andrey Grivko, Dario Cataldo, Omar Fraile, Hugo Houle, Tanel Kangert, Michael Valgren

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Vincenzo Nibali, Grega Bole, Enrico Gasparotto, Ion Izagirre, Gorka Izagirre, Franco Pellizotti, Hermann Pernsteiner

BMC Racing Team
Dylan Teuns, Loïc Vliegen, Alberto Bettiol, Damiano Caruso, Alessandro De Marchi, Kilian Frankiny, Simon Gerrans

BORA – hansgrohe
Rafal Majka, Cesare Benedetti, Emanuel Buchmann, Patrick Konrad, Jay McCarthy, Gregor Mühlberger, Pawel Poljanski

Dimension Data
Tom-Jelte Slagter, Stephen Cummings, Scott Davies, Nickolas Dlamini, Amanuel Gebreigzabhier, Benjamin King, Serge Pauwels

Groupama – FDJ
David Gaudu, Valentin Madouas, Rudy Molard, Anthony Roux, Romain Seigle, Benoit Vaugrenard, Léo Vincent

Lotto Soudal
Tim Wellens, Tiesj Benoot, Bjorg Lambrecht, Tomasz Marczynski, Maxime Monfort, Tosh Van der Sande, Jelle Vanendert

LottoNL-Jumbo
Steven Kruijswijk, Lars Boom, Stef Clement, Floris De Tier, Robert Gesink, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Paul Martens

Mitchelton-Scott
Michael Albasini, Jack Haig, Lucas Hamilton, Damien Howson, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Roman Kreuziger, Robert Power

Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde, Andrey Amador, Winner Anacona, Carlos Betancur, Imanol Erviti, Mikel Landa, José Joaquin Rojas

Quick-Step Floors
Julian Alaphilippe, Bob Jungels, James Knox, Enric Mas, Maximilian Schachmann, Pieter Serry, Philippe Gilbert

Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Rigoberto Uran, Lawson Craddock, Alex Howes, Felipe Daniel Martinez, Kim Magnusson, Pierre Rolland, Michael Woods

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Ilnur Zakarin, Ian Boswell, Steff Cras, Matteo Fabbro, Robert Kišerlovski, Maurits Lammertink, Willie Smit

Team Sky
Sergio Henao, Michal Golas, Lukasz Wisniowski, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Vasil Kiryienka, Michal Kwiatkowski, Wout Poels

Team Sunweb
Michael Matthews, Johannes Fröhlinger, Simon Geschke, Chad Haga, Chris Hamilton, Sam Oomen, Laurens ten Dam

Trek – Segafredo
Bauke Mollema, Julien Bernard, Gregory Daniel, Michael Gogl, Tsgabu Grmay, Ruben Guerreiro, Toms Skujiņš

UAE-Team Emirates
Daniel Martin, Matteo Bono, Rui Costa, Manuele Mori, Alexandr Riabushenko, Rory Sutherland, Diego Ulissi

Procontinental teams

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Jesús Herrada, Daniel Navarro, Nicolas Edet, José Herrada, Luis Ángel Maté, Julien Simon, Anthony Perez

Delko Marseille Provence KTM
Romain Combaud, Julien el Fares, Mauro Finetto, Ángel Madrazo, Anderson John Rodriguez, Julien Trarieux, Lucas De Rossi

Fortuneo – Samsic
Warren Barguil, Franck Bonnamour, Elie Gesbert, Romain Hardy, Kevin Ledanois, Amaël Moinard, Florian Vachon

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Benjamin Declercq, Kevin Deltombe, Thomas Sprengers, Dries Van Gestel, Mathias Van Gompel, Aaron Verwilst, Jordi Warlop

Vital Concept Cycling Club
Quentin Pacher, Yoann Bagot, Johan Le Bon, Justin Mottier, Patrick Müller, Kévin Réza, Tanguy Turgis

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Guillaume Martin, Kevin Van Melsen, Thomas Degand, Fabien Doubey, Xandro Meurisse, Andrea Pasqualon, Dion Smith

WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
Maxime Vantomme, Thomas Deruette, Justin Jules, Christophe Masson, Julien Mortier, Dimitri Peyskens, Antoine Warnier


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